On this day, 31 Dec 1999, the Manic Street Preachers played the biggest gig of their career when they heralded in a new century at the Millennium Stadium in front of a sellout crowd.
Bassist Nicky Wire said of the importance of the gig: “Ten years ago we did a gig in Cardiff to two people. Today we’re playing in front of 60,000 people. I think that shows how far we’ve come, how far we have grown and how much Wales has grown.”
The supporting bill featured poet Patrick Jones, Liverpool’s Shack, Newport rockers Feeder, and everyone's favourite pop surrealists Super Furry Animals
Setlist
Part One - 1999
You Stole the Sun From My Heart
Faster
Everything Must Go
Tsunami
The Masses Against the Classes
The Everlasting
Kevin Carter
La tristesse durera (Scream to a Sigh)
Rock and Roll Music (Chuck Berry cover)
Ready for Drowning
Of Walking Abortion
No Surface All Feeling
Motown Junk (w/ Baby Love Intro)
Motorcycle Emptines
Part Two - 2000
Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Frankie Valli cover) (Acoustic)
Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky (Acoustic)
Australia
Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier
You Love Us
Stay Beautiful
(On screen message from former miners' leader Arthur Scargill) If You Tolerate This (Your Children Will be Next)
A Design for Life
